Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
44,785 
38,788 
3,065 
2,243 
Female 
7,409 
6,386 
405 
282 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
25,285 
20,861 
2,335 
1,770 
Other 
26,909 
24,313 
1,135 
755 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
43,740 
38,697 
2,676 
1,906 
Not on farm operated 
8,454 
6,477 
794 
619 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,550 
17,986 
1,793 
1,328 
Any 
30,644 
27,188 
1,677 
1,197 
1 to 49 days 
4,147 
3,545 
305 
214 
50 to 99 days 
2,069 
1,791 
130 
98 
100 to 199 days 
4,223 
3,710 
232 
168 
200 days or more 
20,205 
18,142 
1,010 
717 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,512 
1,286 
113 
85 
3 or 4 years 
2,350 
2,039 
121 
99 
5 to 9 years 
6,318 
5,532 
323 
250 
1 0 years or more 
42,014 
36,317 
2,913 
2,091 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
24.0 
26.6 
26.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,047 
900 
80 
66 
3 or 4 years 
1,948 
1,701 
90 
69 
5 to 9 years 
5,456 
4,801 
266 
203 
10 years or more 
43,743 
37,772 
3,034 
2,187 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
25.8 
28.7 
28.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
244 
210 
13 
7 
25 to 34 years 
2,736 
2,402 
193 
146 
35 to 44 years 
5,761 
5,043 
337 
249 
45 to 49 years 
4,997 
4,356 
306 
235 
50 to 54 years 
7,262 
6,244 
468 
348 
55 to 59 years 
7,945 
6,770 
576 
445 
60 to 64 years 
7,208 
6,164 
506 
388 
65 to 69 years 
5,968 
5,170 
416 
289 
70 years and over 
10,073 
8,815 
655 
418 
Average age 
57.6 
57.5 
57.9 
57.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
674 
602 
40 
16 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
188 
11 
11 
Asian 
54 
47 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
216 
174 
18 
13 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
16 
- 
- 
White 
51,539 
44,601 
3,431 
2,496 
More than one race reported 
165 
148 
7 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,884 
6,117 
340 
220 
2 people 
25,338 
21,883 
1,709 
1,248 
3 people 
7,398 
6,292 
565 
417 
4 people 
6,446 
5,592 
426 
316 
5 or more people 
6,128 
5,290 
430 
324 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,822 
33,001 
1,822 
1,252 
25 to 49 percent 
4,092 
3,478 
314 
219 
50 to 74 percent 
4,824 
3,886 
530 
404 
75 to 99 percent 
3,140 
2,420 
353 
276 
100 percent 
3,316 
2,389 
451 
374 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,551 
846 
178 
137 
acres 
685,227 
232,718 
142,272 
128,048 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,426 
30,967 
2,654 
2,012 
Dial-up service 
5,184 
4,652 
290 
205 
DSL service 
10,092 
8,448 
816 
616 
Cable modem service 
6,766 
5,558 
525 
412 
Fiber-optic service 
701 
545 
68 
54 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,692 
7,402 
618 
472 
Satellite service 
6,947 
5,845 
552 
434 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
985 
792 
105 
76 
Other Internet service 
1,243 
1,030 
98 
74 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
43,472 
39,257 
1,661 
1,157 
2 households 
6,641 
4,730 
1,312 
963 
3 households 
1,252 
718 
327 
266 
4 households 
463 
254 
109 
84 
5 or more households 
366 
215 
61 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
